Interregnum is a 2025 graphite illustration by EthanFoxium. It features a very large, central, forefront bird-like spirit with arms cradling a human baby while a spindly, strange warrior stands to their rear. The spirit has a long beak and large, empty eye sockets. It's covered in downy white feathers outside the face, though on its back and below the face, they're longer and more pointed. It wears a gray tiara with black gems. Behind it is the warrior, mostly clad in dark grays. Its helmet had a long beak-like protrusion similar to the spirit's, and bears a crown-like feature at the scalp. The arms are thin and covered in black fabric, with extra at the fingertips to lengthen them. In its left hand it handles an iklwa-style spear though with a very long handle.
You stand and watch as your infant son is whisked away by the spirits of the dark timberlands. The matronly spirit takes the child and swadles it in her downy arms. Her gaze is hollow, as she looks into you, you feel her judging the thoughts bouncing through your mind, and you uncontrollably question if you were ever worthy of bringing a new life into this world. The dark spirit behind her is standing ready for you to make any sudden movements, though it doesn't seem capable of acting on it's own, possibly a marrionnette? They'll go now, taking the child with them. Messages in your mind suggest they'll be back someday, but will the child still be yours? Only time will tell, at the completion of this interregnum.